University of California

Austin Hallgren

Stephen P Mayfield

Miller Tran

Michael Mayfield

Beth Ann Rasala

Provided are chloroplasts engineered to recombinantly express mammalian colostrum and milk polypeptides, photosynthetic organisms containing such chloroplasts, and compositions comprising such organisms and methods for producing such organisms. In certain embodiments, provided is a chloroplast comprising one or more polynucleotides encoding one or more mammalian milk or colostrum polypeptides selected from osteopontin, lactadherin, cathelicidin-1, lysozyme, lactoperoxidase, lingual antimicrobial peptide (LAP), alpha-lactalbumin, and soluble CD14.

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Austin Hallgren